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That is not a pentagram??

Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Okay so I might be like drunk or something but I counted the points and got 6?? Sorry I haven't slept in like 2 days :sob::sob: Skyfromlvjy (talk) Skyfromlvjy (talk) 03:37, 14 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Link to citation 7 now redirects to some sort of gambling website

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Should probably be replaced, https://djonscott.com/pent-hist.html was the link. Don't recommend clicking on it however Clewisk (talk) 20:05, 11 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

The Pentagram's ORIGINAL MEANING

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It says original meaning in the article. Paganism came before Christianity. The original meaning is the 5 elements. Water, Fire, Earth, air, and soul. 64.207.252.249 (talk) 14:50, 14 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

The word 'original' is not used anywhere in the article. The word 'origin' comes up twice, neither of them related to the symbol's meaning. If you want anything to be done about this, you're going to have to be specific about the wording you want changed. (You are also going to want to cite a source for where your original meaning is coming from.) Girth Summit _(blether) 14:53, 14 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

For the original writer, do you have an ancient source which states that the meaning is the five elements in paganism? And which paganism is that, Greek religion, Roman religion or any of the middle eastern religions?

Paganism is not A religion. It is not something specific. Without sources the statement is worthless. ~2025-37011-95 (talk) 09:25, 29 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Ditto that! The ancient, Latin "pagan" translates into modern English as, "redneck." I would guess that right up until the dawn of the 20th Century, that same equivalence probably still was valid. "Pagan beliefs" and "pagan customs" were any weird beliefs and customs (no need to discuss the details) to which the residents of some isolated, rustic village still clung. AFAIK, it's only within my own lifetime that anybody has labelled themselves as "pagans" or, advocated any system that they called "paganism." ~2026-31934-79 (talk) 20:35, 28 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

A page that knows where it met you.

That is not a pentagram??

Link to citation 7 now redirects to some sort of gambling website

The Pentagram's ORIGINAL MEANING